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  1. Excited crowds gathered in St Peter's Square to witness the historic election of the first American Pope.
  2. Russia proposed a unilateral, three-day truce to coincide with the event marking the end of World War Two.
  3. It will leave a 10% import tax on most goods shipped from the UK to the US.
  4. Ex-banker Innes Tang has established a hotline for reporting behaviours deemed disloyal to Beijing.
  5. First Moon samples collected in nearly 50 years and loaned by China for the first time are now in the UK.
  6. Microsoft founder said he will speed up his charitable giving - and accused Elon Musk and Doge of "killing children" through aid cuts.
  7. Pope Leo XIV has supported his predecessor and focus will turn on whether he continues Church reforms.
  8. The action, which affects hundreds of Palestinian pupils, comes after an Israeli ban on Unrwa this year.
  9. African Parks acknowledged its rangers committed human rights abuses in Congo-Brazzaville.
  10. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has relied on social media to stay in touch with supporters from jail.
  11. Benjamin Netanyahu said he knew "with certainty" that 21 hostages were alive but the status of "three more" were unclear.
  12. Human remains, believed to be that of a journalist and his partner, have been found by police.
  13. The BBC's Yogita Limaye went to the Donetsk region of Ukraine to speak to soldiers about life on the frontline.
  14. The new Pope is seen as someone who could unite traditionalist and progressive within the Church, writes the BBC's religion editor.
  15. Experts from India and Pakistan weigh in on what’s next - and how this clash differs from past conflicts.
  16. More than 100,000 men, women and children were reportedly forcibly disappeared by Bashar al-Assad's regime.
  17. "Not even in my wildest imagination did I think this would happen," Cardinal David tells the BBC.
  18. Why ex-bank boss Tidjane Thiam has been barred from seeking the Ivorian presidency - and the potential fallout.
  19. Pope Leo XIV 's brother Louis says nothing will be the same again after his appointment.
  20. Robert Prevost is originally from Chicago, where he served as an altar boy and was ordained as a priest in 1982.
  21. Speaking from the Vatican balcony just after being unveiled as the new pontiff, he paid tribute to his predecessor and called for unity.
  22. American Robert Prevost was later announced as the new pope, and will be known as Pope Leo XIV.
  23. The prime minister reiterated that Canada "is not for sale" during Tuesday's meeting at the White House.